May 11, 2006

Here We Go Again

Awesome. Just lovely.

My local phone company is Qwest, but I looked up my phone number online just for fun. In a Reverse Phone Directory. And yes, that does lead to my name and address, as I would expect it to, since I'm listed in the phone book. It's insanely easy to connect most phone numbers to names, and I'm not even the NSA.

This, plus the already-revealed warrantless eavesdropping on international calls by U.S. citizens? I'm not happy.

6:20PM:
Oh, and while we're at it. What earthly good is an enormous database of phone records if you don't plan to use it for some kind of data mining? Inquiring minds want to know.

Posted by Ardith at May 11, 2006 02:40 PM | TrackBack